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Will a pay-as-you-throw rubbish charge make more people recycle their waste?

03 Nov Posted by in Recycle | 9 comments

Question by Mel G: Will a pay-as-you-throw rubbish charge make more people recycle their waste?

Best answer:

Answer by Gog!
Just another Government tax, it has nothing to do with the environment.

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9 comments

  • GreenWitch says:

    Possibly, but I think even those who are already hard core recyclers take issue with the unfairness of charging the consumer for he excessive packaging – which in many cases we can’t avoid. It would make much more sense to give incentives to companies to cut down on packaging.

  • steph says:

    My city has a two bag limit every week..

    otherwise you get the tags…

    We stick to it 🙂

  • There Will Be Blood..... says:

    No. Whenever I have too much rubbish I just put it into carrier bags and take it to the shops with me. I then place it into the rubbish bins that they have there. If you take a bag of rubbish a day it soon gets rid of it! As long as you don’t put anything with your name and address in it you’re fine.

    I have two kids and sometimes my wheelie bin isn’t big enough. I can’t recycle as the council don’t provide us with seperate bins.

  • mt_zion_crusader says:

    It will encourage illegal dumping. That’s the problem with the way hazardous materials are regulated. It’s a service governments need to provide or the government will end up footing the cleanup bills.

  • Tawny138 says:

    No, I think there’s more likely to be an increase in fly tipping, or they’ll toss their rubbish into the neighbours’ gardens, or into someone else’s bin.
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  • richdance_mills says:

    when they hit our pocket we always respond, why dont they cut down in the first place on all this fancy packaging, we dont need it.

  • faithful wife says:

    for the honest folks, yes. for the dis-honest or don’t care crowd, no. they will just bury it in their backyard polluting the groundwater or try to sneak it in others trash bins at night.

  • Dad's found yer scoo'er says:

    No. More likely more rubbish in your front garden and stuff in your bin from other people.


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